1Again
there was a
day when the
sons of God
came to
present
themselves
before the
LORD, and
Satan came
also among
them to
present
himself
before the
LORD.
2And
the LORD
said unto
Satan, From
whence
comest thou?
And Satan
answered the
LORD, and
said, From
going to and
fro in the
earth, and
from walking
up and down
in it.
3And
the LORD
said unto
Satan, Hast
thou
considered
my servant
Job, that there
is none
like him in
the earth, a
perfect and
an upright
man, one
that feareth
God, and
escheweth
evil? and
still he
holdeth fast
his
integrity,
although
thou movedst
me against
him, to
destroy him
without
cause.
4And
Satan
answered the
LORD, and
said, Skin
for skin,
yea, all
that a man
hath will he
give for his
life.
5But
put forth
thine hand
now, and
touch his
bone and his
flesh, and
he will
curse thee
to thy face.
6And
the LORD
said unto
Satan,
Behold, he is in
thine hand;
but save his
life.
7So
went Satan
forth from
the presence
of the LORD,
and smote
Job with
sore boils
from the
sole of his
foot unto
his crown.
8And
he took him
a potsherd
to scrape
himself
withal; and
he sat down
among the
ashes.
9Then
said his
wife unto
him, Dost
thou still
retain thine
integrity?
curse God,
and die.
10But
he said unto
her, Thou
speakest as
one of the
foolish
women
speaketh.
What? shall
we receive
good at the
hand of God,
and shall we
not receive
evil? In all
this did not
Job sin with
his lips.
11Now
when Job's
three
friends
heard of all
this evil
that was
come upon
him, they
came every
one from his
own place;
Eliphaz the
Temanite,
and Bildad
the Shuhite,
and Zophar
the
Naamathite:
for they had
made an
appointment
together to
come to
mourn with
him and to
comfort him.
12And
when they
lifted up
their eyes
afar off,
and knew him
not, they
lifted up
their voice,
and wept;
and they
rent every
one his
mantle, and
sprinkled
dust upon
their heads
toward
heaven.
13So
they sat
down with
him upon the
ground seven
days and
seven
nights, and
none spake a
word unto
him: for
they saw
that his grief
was very
great.
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